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Dave Ross

Dave Ross

People carrying ‘I am Melania’ signs will fill the streets if Trump is elected

Melanie Trump is the model of legal immigration in Donald Trump's mind. There are thousands of immigrants who share a similar story.
10 years ago
Dave Ross

Imagine if we just picked our politicians by lottery

Imagine if every 10 years we called a timeout, sent the elected politicians home, and instead we picked the House of Representatives by lottery.
10 years ago
Dave Ross

Barack Obama is just part of Hillary Clinton’s man problem

President Barack Obama is campaigning for Hillary Clinton. The problem is that people are comparing Clinton to Obama.
10 years ago
MyNorthwest Staff

What will the Washington Post do if Donald Trump wins?

A search for a Donald Trump donation that started in February, sent a Washington Post reporter on an eight-month expedition into his charitable giving.
10 years ago
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Dave Ross

Americans are about to find themselves with a powerful role model

The effect of the IRS's investigations into Donald Trump and the Clinton Foundation will be seen after the presidential election.
10 years ago
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Kipp Robertson

Is arresting homeless who refuse services the right move?

Poulsbo allows police to arrest homeless to camp in public if they refuse services. Is it a lesson for Seattle, which is in the midst of a homeless crisis?
10 years ago
Dave Ross

Portions of the U.S. will be underwater before Clinton’s emails are reviewed

We’re probably going to have to vote without knowing anything more than we do now about Clinton's emails, KIRO Radio's Dave Ross says.
10 years ago
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MyNorthwest Staff

Loophole in recording law leads to ‘karmic justice’

Former Washington AG Rob McKenna explains how Washington's strict conversation recording law may undo an attempted murder conviction.
10 years ago
Dave Ross

All the fence-sitters can finally vote in this presidential election

Anyone still on the fence about who they should vote for in this presidential election has to decide which headlines they are more interested in.
10 years ago
Dave Ross

There are many ways to rig a presidential election

Donald Trump might want to tone down the rigging accusations in the election. There appears to be considerable evidence of Russian involvement in these leaks.
10 years ago
Dave Ross

We might as well call health care what it actually is

Whether you repeal and replace Obamacare as Trump promises, or you keep it and fix it as Clinton promises, there's only one way healthcare works.
10 years ago
Dave Ross

Voter fraud is not as rampant as Trump claims

Though there is a small amount of voter fraud, it's nowhere near as bad as Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump makes it seem at his rallies.
10 years ago
Dave Ross

Driverless cars could make mass transit obsolete

Cities might want to rethink mass transit, especially if driverless cars are really as safe as some claim.
10 years ago
Kipp Robertson

Lesser-known income-tax measure in Olympia could set precedent

A measure that would essential create an income tax in Olympia could have widespread ramifications in the state if it is passed.
10 years ago
Dave Ross

Good thing the clergy wasn’t present when Clinton said this

The comments Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump made during the annual Catholic Archdiocese fundraiser on Thursday raised some eyebrows.
10 years ago
Dave Ross

The real suspense will come if Trump loses by just a few votes

If Donald Trump loses by a few electoral votes that’s where the suspense would come in. What would he say on Nov. 9?
10 years ago
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Dave Ross

You could be in a facial recognition database and wouldn’t know it

Nearly half of American adults are in facial recognition databases and most probably didn't even know that until recently.
10 years ago
Dave Ross

Donald Trump helped make Clinton’s leaked wish come true

Leaked speeches from Hillary Clinton show that she wanted more business people to run for office. Wish granted, Hillary.
10 years ago
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Dave Ross

Compassion in Seattle is great, but protesting isn’t enough

It's nice to know how much compassion there is for less-fortunate people in Seattle, but more needs to be done than protesting.
10 years ago
Dave Ross

Here’s how Donald Trump could turn it all around

If Donald Trump could admit he was wrong in the past and release his tax returns, he would have a chance to turn everything around.
10 years ago
Dave Ross

The Trump movement isn’t going to just magically disappear

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump may lose, but he has created a movement, and it will not just disappear.
10 years ago
Dave Ross

Is it too late to put the shackles back on Donald Trump?

Imagine going back to judging politicians not on their personal lives, but on what they can accomplish.
10 years ago
Dave Ross

If only the Republican Party had requested Trump’s outtakes early on

If only videos of Donald Trump behind the scenes in Hollywood had been released earlier, the Republican Party would have nothing to worry about.
10 years ago
Kipp Robertson

Expect more bombshells to drop before Election Day

The video of Donald Trump in 2005 speaking about how he treats women could be just the beginning.
10 years ago

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